A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient

Nocardia species is rarely encountered in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Its isolation usually implies colonization. Of all other Nocardia species, Nocardia transvalensis is very unusual and is clinically distinguishable because of its resistance to aminoglycosides, a standard antinocardial therapy....

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Autores principales: Aravantagi, Avinash, Patra, Kamakshya P., Broussard, Marlene, Jones, Kimberly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919172
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.99121
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author Aravantagi, Avinash
Patra, Kamakshya P.
Broussard, Marlene
Jones, Kimberly
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description Nocardia species is rarely encountered in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Its isolation usually implies colonization. Of all other Nocardia species, Nocardia transvalensis is very unusual and is clinically distinguishable because of its resistance to aminoglycosides, a standard antinocardial therapy. We report a case of N. transvalensis pulmonary infection in a CF patient.
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spelling pubmed-34248722012-08-23 A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient Aravantagi, Avinash Patra, Kamakshya P. Broussard, Marlene Jones, Kimberly Lung India Case Report Nocardia species is rarely encountered in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Its isolation usually implies colonization. Of all other Nocardia species, Nocardia transvalensis is very unusual and is clinically distinguishable because of its resistance to aminoglycosides, a standard antinocardial therapy. We report a case of N. transvalensis pulmonary infection in a CF patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3424872/ /pubmed/22919172 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.99121 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Aravantagi, Avinash
Patra, Kamakshya P.
Broussard, Marlene
Jones, Kimberly
A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient
title A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient
title_full A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient
title_fullStr A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient
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title_short A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient
title_sort case of nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919172
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.99121
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